Have you ever seen on the news where some dude did something amazing and everybody is talking about it. Like somebody went into a burning building and saved a kid. He'll commonly say he did it without thinking, he just reacted. Without thinking? That is significant. Why? I will tell you. So often people will take note of a situation, and tell themselves why they cannot do something. And not try, find a way out. More often than not it is a situation that they would like to fulfill a certain need but don't. This is proof positive that there is a dude in the back of everyone's mind that tell us that we cannot, when clearly we'd like to be able to can. I hate that guy. Who is he, why is he there? Now I don't think he's the same one as the one that says, no young Finn, just because you have a blanket tied around your neck that doesn't mean you'll be able to fly out of this tree. That's a good guy. He's not trying to bring you down, he's trying to keep you from getting dead. This other guy is mean. He won't let you do things that you clearly could. What is the fear? Failure. What is failure? Depends on the person I think. Failure really, if you boil it all down, is merely not achieving what you set out to do right? Big deal. So you didn't do it. Relax. Is the world ending? Did someone die? Well in most situations where that guy pipes off... no. None of those things happen. I've heard that one of the top fears in anyone's life is public speaking. Public speaking? What are we afraid of? You can talk to your friends. You can tell stories to a group of them. Why can't you tell others what you want to tell them. What are you afraid of? Its that dude, he's an idiot. And he exaggerates the possibilities. He tells you there is no possible way when there is. He tells you there's danger when there isn't. So I'm telling you to ignore that guy. He makes you think about the least likely scenario until it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The human body and mind can accomplish amazing things. You dear reader have seen it yourself. But when you listen to that guy in the back of your head. you lose. Heck, we all lose. Because you were just going to do something cool that could've impressed someone else and encouraged them to do something cool. But the moment was lost. I'm not endorsing not thinking, I'm endorsing thinking in a way that ignores that idiot that says you can't do what you just might be able to do, and if you can't SO WHAT??!! You tried and probably learned the reason why. Next time... Boom, rock star. But without the try, nothing. So I ask you to do one thing. Do it for your friend Finn. Today I want you to stop using the word 'maybe' and replace it with 'perhaps'. Why? Because its a start that's why. The word 'maybe' is negative. When you say it, you usually shrug your shoulders. Nothing positive about that. But the word 'perhaps', that's totally different. There is an air of optimism in that word that 'maybe' just can't hang with. 'Perhaps' is the half-full of the indefinite world. 'Maybe' is the creamed corn of possibilities. Always think that you could perhaps do something. You will no longer turn down your hopes and dreams. You'll stop fearing failure. You are capable of much more today than you think and tomorrow even more. Unless you're ugly, then let's face it the odds aren't in your favor. Hope can't help the ugly. Might as well give up now and take up Dungeons and Dragons or perhaps you could start a blog.
--finn
--finn
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